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When I started watching the series, I had this doubt. As the three seasons went by, I came to the conclusion that she was simply a woman.

There was a character in the Fallout series, Dane, and I completely missed the fact that they were non-binary. I thought they were more of a tomboy character, but no—the character is non-binary, and the actor is a trans man, if I'm not mistaken.

I want to know if I was the only one who thought Erica might be the same case.

It's weird to say because I usually try not to make assumptions about people, but sometimes I feel rude for not noticing these things sooner.

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[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 36 points 3 days ago (3 children)

What made you assume that? Because she has short hair? She used feminine pronouns the entire time and they never made mention of her biological sex.

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah I mean she was gender swamped from her TOS counterpart. But really the beauty of star trek is it really shouldn't matter. She was pilot first that happens to identity as a woman and likes her hair styled that way.

That is what was star trek all about is not about calling out each identity, race and culture in celebration in an after school special kind of way but to normalize all kinds of people being up on that bridge.

[–] cuchi@startrek.website 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

she was gender swamped from her TOS counterpart.

What you mean with this? I didn't understand.

[–] generallynonsensical@piefed.ca 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm assuming they meant "swapped" and not swamped.

Unless gender swamping is a thing now. I can't keep up.

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago

Gender swamping sounds like some kind of agender thing I'm too old to understand and will just nod along with.

[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

That link seems broken for me, it says "bad title"

[–] cuchi@startrek.website 4 points 3 days ago
[–] lordnikon@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Weird just search José Tyler that's the character she is based on

[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 4 points 2 days ago

José Tyler that's the character she is based on

Nope, she's clearly a completely different character. Tyler would have been on the crew during "The cage", which takes place before the events of Discovery s2. According to his Memory Alpha entry:

By 2258, Tyler would be superseded as navigator by Lt. Amin. (DIS: "Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2")

Also, Tyler is listed on Memory Alpha as navigator, Ortegas as senior helmsman. Sure, it's a fan wiki, but Trekkies are sticklers for these things.

[–] hallettj@leminal.space 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Weirdly that link doesn't work for me either 😅 I figured it was just my browser but it didnt work in chrome, firefox, or cromite, so something is fucked up on my end, but I dunno what it is lol

Edit: yeah, something is jank with it on my end, I just opened it via search, the link was the same. I copy pasted it into another tab and that worked fine. And then I put it in a comment in my lemmy client and clicked on the URL and it didnt work just like with yours 🤷🏻‍♂️ who knows lol

[–] hallettj@leminal.space 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I checked it before I posted, but now clicking the link in my comment doesn't work for me either 🙃

[–] Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Thats weird as fuck lol. I think maybe something is just jank with the site then

Have a good one!

[–] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A bit tomboyish, maybe. She was quite dashing as the knight from the fantasy book episode. And definitely had a thing going with the ranger character.

[–] cuchi@startrek.website 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I forgot about being the knight of a fantasy book during that episode, well, that something else who make me doubt she was a female.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Doubt why? Unless they are actually labeling her as trans or non-binary in the show there shouldn't be any reason to doubt what she presents herself as. In Discovery they had a non-binary character (Adira) and addressed it head-on before SNW was even airing.

[–] cuchi@startrek.website 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My doubt it was if she was a woman with short hair or actually a transgender man.

Not all person introduce as trans, so I feel like a fool when I find out Dane in Fallout was a man, I thought it was a woman with short hair like the case of Erica.

[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago

I'm sure this is a cultural/language thing, but saying you "felt like a fool" sounds pretty odd. Nobody is trying to trick you here. These people are just living their lives and working as actors. Their gender identity shouldn't really matter toward the character or story unless the show wants to specifically highlight it like in the case of DSC.

[–] cuchi@startrek.website 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Her behaviour, a little bit the short hair but more the way she act, I was expecting in one episode to hear something like "My pronouns are they". Also, even if I saw the serie on english, I give more attention to the spanish subtitles, so pronouns are used slightly different.

It was my fault for having my doubts, but also when I didn't in first season of Fallout series it was actually trans, I'm wrong of don't saw it before?

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 13 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I have to ask how does someone behave trans lol

[–] alx@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 days ago

Drink monsters and perform double jumps, mostly /j

[–] cuchi@startrek.website 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I used to have a trans classmate in my high school who reminds me to Erica Ortega.